Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
WASHINGTON.
Questions Of international Importance
Considered at Yesterdays Cab
net Meeting,
EnglAnd'S Actioa Regarding Hayti and
the Canadian Fisheries the DC.
casi0n OF UneSSiness.
The President Urged to Visit the Great Cae
tic Exhibitions In the West Dur
ing the Summer.
CABINET MEETING.

CABINET MEETING.
WASHINGTON, April THE cabinet
met at IL O'Clock to-day in accordance
with the plan for the summer months
and remained in session over three hours.
The meeting was devoted almost entirely
TO the consideration of international
questions, the most important relating to
the Canadian fisheries, the policy of
Great Britain in regard to the island of
HaVti and the seal fisheries of Alaska. In
regard 10 the fisheries question it is I'M
derstoOd that Information has been re-
ceived to the effect that Eng
land sustans the position taken
by the Canadian authorities and
Is in nOwlse disposed TO make the con-
cessiOus requested by this government
This question was considered by the cab
met with view 10 the ACCESSIBILITY OF
suitable action by the President under
the provisions of the retalatOry act. The
alleged demand of Great Britain for the
possession of the Tortugas islands, or
the payment by the Haytien government
of 81 100000 in settlement of all claims,
was considered at some length. The
United States have great inter
ests in Hayti, commercial and
otherwise, and are deeply con-
cerDed in its welfare and prosperity.
'respOndence will be opened with Great
Britain ON this SUBJECT. The Alaska seal
fisheries were discussed with a view TO
their better protection from foreign inter
ference. 1t IS represented that those
Interests are now threatened by the
wanton and wholesale Slaughter of seals
in the open ocean. 1t seems that during
the day the female seals leave their young
On the shores of the island ia charge of
the males while they go miles away IN
search Of food, with Whic3 they return at
night. Recently Il practice has sprung
up of catching the female seals while they
are in search Of food. Their young per-
ISL as matter of course, and the perpet-
uafiOn OF the animals il endangered. The
difficulty Of controlling iris matter arises
from the alleged want Ct jurisdiction of
our government over thOs- waters beyond
the three mile limit. The question will
sc again considered st future meeting.
THE PRESIDENT INVITED WEST.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April ID. Smith of
Springfield, NJ. ID Dunhan of Fort
Wayne, J. T. Studebaker of Chicago,
Samuel Dysart OF Franklin Grove and
j. L. ElwO0d of De Kalb, arrived at VIII
! II "a = LO-IlG-lt. w utiC buGSG OCuLlGllltu
are retcent as 10 their mission here, it IS
understood to be in connection with
plurO- pneumonia business aud likewise
to urge the President to visit the great
cattle exhibitions Ia the west during the
coming summer.
TO INCREASE THE NAVY.
WASHINGTON, April The Secretary
Of the navy to-day invited sealed pro-
pOsalS from ship builders of toe United
States for building five new war vessels.
The first of these vessels for the construC-
ton Of which bids are solicited is the
Newark, 40, 900 ton cruiser, authorized
to be quilt by the act of March 80, 1887.
Proposals were invited for this vessel
last year, but the lowest bid exceeded the
limit of cost Isl 900 000) named in the
act. At its last session Congress in
creased this limit to $780,
900 Proposals for the construction
Of this cruiser will be received from all
American ship builders whose ship yards
are fully equipped for build ne or repair
ing iron and steel steamships ard the
construction of marine engines, machinery
and boilers.
The next named in the advertisement
are cruisers Nos. and 8. Provisions for
their construction is made in the naval
bill with goes in effect
next July. All of their parts are required
to be of domestic manufacture, and the
contractor is required to guarantee in.
their case a MAXIMUM speed of nineteen
Knots an hour. For every quarter of a
knot Of speed exhibited over that
guarantee the contractor is to receive
premium of $4,000 over and above
MS contract price, and for every
quarter Of q knot deficiency in speed
$50, 900 is to be deducted from the con-
tract price. The condition of the tests
are to be prescribed by the department..
In addition to the vessels named pro-
OOsals are also invited for building two
yunbOats, designated as Nos. aud 4
they are to be 100 ton vessels OF the
type of gunbOst No. 2, now building ct
CrOmp's works in Philadelphia, which is
as one of the most formidable
slOOps Of war of modern times. In the
case of these gunboats and the nineteen
Knot cruisers Nos. and 3,
proposals will be received from
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